Catholic News

The Two Popes is well-acted, but has little subtlety or depth

the big news for netflix has been the release of the irishman, martin scorsese’s latest mobster epic which reunites al pacino, robert de nir...

Letters: We can't let our musical standards fall

we can’t let our musical standards fall sir – may i warmly endorse your leading article memorialising the achievements of sir stephen cleobu...

The Catholic Herald

Was there really a plan to relocate the Vatican to Ireland?

on july 18, 1931, the liverpool weekly post reported some startling news. it said that owing to “quarrels with fascists and mussolini”, pope...

The Catholic Herald

Usman Khan exploited loopholes in our justice system - and our worldview

if we suspect someone is a lost cause, is it naïve to try to reform them and stupid to release them? usman khan went to jail in 2012 for his...

Never mind the election, let's celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe

thursday december 12 is general election day in britain, but it is also, by coincidence (or perhaps providence), the feast of our lady of gu...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

A new bishop wants his predecessor to atone – in very practical ways

the big news from the us last week concerned the unprecedented amends bishop mark e brennan of wheeling-charleston has ordered his disgraced...

Christopher R. Altieri

Two Italian dioceses address the divorced and remarried – expect controversy

the italian diocese of vittorio veneto late last month became the latest to issue guidelines for the implementation of pope francis’s 2016 p...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: From Beijing to Bangui

grand rapids, michigan diocese backs priest over communion refusal the diocese of grand rapids has backed a priest who refused communion to ...

Meanwhile: A papal house goes on the market

a 15-bedroom villa that used to belong to the family of pope leo xii can be yours for a mere £626,000. the villa leone, in castiglioni, marc...

The best of the web: A school's ethos, an alt-right danger, early Christmas

a poor school with the strength of faith for more than 100 years, wrote ray domanico at city journal, “all hallows high school in the south ...